Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Pin Pointing Pacific War News

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
747
Date Released
27 Sep 1943
Date submitted
22 Sep 1943
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 4
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Pacific War News. DESCRIPTION: China’s manpower is busy building aircraft and airfields urgently needed for the war against Japan. Equipment and supplies are arriving in the Pacific area to continue the recapture of such places as Salamaua and Lae in New Guinea. SHOTLIST: Cut story - China Builds Aerodrome. Various shots of coolies working of fields (very primitive). Dozens of coolies pulling roller over ground. Plane taking off from finished aerodrome into camera. Supplies of Transport to MacArthur. Various shots of quays shows them packed with all types of transport, bombs lying on ground, more transport, army van etc. GS of Mitchell on quayside. Lines of Kittyhawks. Fortress bomb Salamaua. Aerial shots of (LS) of Flying Fortresses in formation. Bombs leave plane, & registering hits. Aerial shots of Liberators in flight. Bombs exploding on coastline. The explosions of the above are very good.
Keywords
Vehicles; Weapons; Aviation; War damage; Engineering; Military
Footage sources
United States of America
Movietone
Card file number
44085
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
113
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Pin Pointing Pacific War News', British Movietone News Issue No. 747, 27 Sep 1943. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/12846 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)